Pro- government forces kill 9 Houthis, wound dozens in Midi

The pro-government forces announced on Saturday the killing of nine Houthis-Saleh militants and the injuring of dozens in a sudden attack launched by them northeastern Midi city.

The media center of the fifth military region posted on Facebook the pro-government forces launched a violent attack on the Houthis site in the outskirts of Wadi Hiran in Midi.

The center quoted a military source saying "the attack resulted in the control of a number of military sites, killing nine and wounding dozens, and one of them was captured, while the others fled away leaving behind medium and light weapons."

"The most prominent sites that have been taken controlled of were al Wadi and al Raad hills, overlooking on Hiran valley."

The attack was in coincidence with seven air raids launched by the Saudi-led Arab Coalition aircrafts on the Houthis-Saleh forces sites in the outskirts of Hiran valley, and on armed reinforcements in al Jar area.